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Week 5 of 6 · 2.5-3 hours

Fairness, Privacy, and Reliable Information

Audit AI for bias, protect people's data, and check whether the content you see can be trusted.

Big question: How can we tell whether an AI system is fair, respects privacy, and gives us information we can trust?

By the end of this week

  • Explain how bias comes from uneven representation and read group-level results to detect it.
  • Define privacy, personal data, and consent, and apply data minimization to a feature.
  • Verify content using the original source, context, and independent confirmation.
  • Explain why important AI decisions need human oversight and a right to appeal.

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  1. Audit a Dataset for FairnessLearn how uneven examples create bias, read group-level results to see who a system works well for, and audit a dataset for fairness.
  2. Protect Privacy and Minimize DataLearn what counts as personal data, why consent matters, and how data minimization keeps an AI feature working while collecting far less about people.
  3. Investigate AI Content and Make an Ethics DecisionLearn to verify AI-made and online content by finding the original source, checking context, and confirming independently — then make an ethics decision with human oversight and a right to appeal.